((("elliptic curve cryptography", id="ix_ch04-asciidoc4", range="startofrange")))((("public key cryptography","elliptic curve cryptography", id="ix_ch04-asciidoc5", range="startofrange")))((("ECC", see="elliptic curve cryptography")))Elliptic curve cryptography is a type of asymmetric or public-key cryptography based on the discrete logarithm problem as expressed by addition and multiplication on the points of an elliptic curve.
<<ecc-curve>> shows we see an example of an elliptic curve, similar to that used by bitcoin.
<<ecc-curve>> is an example of an elliptic curve, similar to that used by bitcoin.